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April 3, 2010

Easter Buddy

We've never "done" the Easter Bunny at our house. It's not a religious reason or anything, because Santa certainly makes a visit, we just never have put out Easter baskets or anything like that. (Most likely do to financial reasons in the beginning and over the years, we just didn't bring it up (which is surprising to me since as a child Easter was my favorite holiday due to the combination of Christ's resurrection, church festivities, dressy outfits, and Easter basket goodies-- one year I got a Cabbage Patch Doll! One of my best memories ever.))

So when Grayson heard me say something about the Easter Bunny as we passed a yard displaying a huge blow up Winnie the Pooh holding an egg next to an even larger blow-up bunny, he asked What's the Easter Buddy?

I realized he had never heard of the Easter Bunny before.

My explanation was weak but I was caught off-guard. "Easter BUNNY. Like a rabbit. It's this guy. He wears a bunny costume."

Oh, is it pink?

"Yeah."

And he never brought it up again.

Semi-unrelated: Today Ivy saw a bunny in the grass as she sat on the window-sill and was tickled TICKLED I tell you. She clasped her little hands over her mouth and laughed deep down "da bud-dy! Bud-dy!"

20 comments:

I was just thinking about my own Easter memories and how much I loved celebrating it with my family (my parents went all-out with written poem-clues and everything!). My oldest is only 2.5 so we didn't do anything, but we may in the future. Love Ivy's outfit. :)

(PS My sister and I got a new white hat, gloves and shoes every Easter and my Mom would sew us matching dresses. :D)

Every holiday that comes around makes me acutely aware that we don't yet have anyone to pass our traditions down to. I loved reading this post because it reminds me that things don't necessarily pass down exactly the way they do in my mind. Mental shake-ups are good for me. :)

The Easter Bunny thing just came up in our house tonight too and surprisingly my Henry knew ALL about him (who knows how!) and wanted to leave a note and carrots and oh it's silly but I've let it go on now.

happy easter to you and your family. aren't these girls the cutest? this morning the pea and bean came down to find a little something from the easter bunny at their breakfast seats. two fabric eggs (that i made and they hardly look a think like an egg), one carrot, and a small chocolate. all from the easter bunny.

after the pea ate her chocolate she looked all around the house for "more bunny! more bunny! more bunny!"

ok, who made that sweet dress ivy is wearing today? i may have missed it in a back post but i am totally coveting...